Crimson Red Sports

I need this guys since we have seen so much destruction & devistation this past week, there are some amazing pictures I will post as well.

But I'm ok, please post on here letting me know each one of you is ok

I am glad to see you Tox, my family are all fine. We had one coming toward us in Cleburne Co. and it turned and went across the very tip of Cleburne Co. and went to GA. Thank God for his hand. RTR!

We're OK, tox. Only got a little rain here in Mobile. Very glad to see that you are OK, and I hope your fam is too.

Heartbroken, but ok here.  Metro Atlanta didn't have any of the damage in Georgia, it was all north or south.

hey Coach good to see ya'  :pray:

We are all OK.  I live in Dekalb County.  It has been chaos and mass confusion here.  I probably won't be online much in the next few days.  The tornado here started at my sister in law's house.  Her street is the first with damage as far as a I know.  All of their trees are down and they had some minor damage to the house.

Then it went across the street and hit my Father in law's house.  They probably had 50 to 100 trees on their property.  All but 1 or 2 small ones are gone.  They had some trees down on the roof.  They have a little damage to their roof and it leaks now, but nothing too bad, considering.

Two houses over from him is the house I lived in until a couple of years ago.  That house is gone.  The people who lived there survived.  They were in the closet in the master bedroom.  That is exactly where we planned to go if anything ever happened when we lived there.

About a mile further down the track is my mom's place.  Her place is still standing, but it should be condemned.  Not fit to live in.  There are are several trees down on top of it with some major damage to the roof.  She is staying with us right now.

Two houses down, her neighbors place was totally destroyed.  I believe the lady who lived there survived.  However when I got out there on Wednesday night to get my mom out, they were looking for her little boy who also lived there.  He was missing.

Across the street from them was another house that was totally destroyed.  The people who lived there where the first confirmed fatalities in the county.

I went back at first light on Thursday morning to survey the damage.  I walked around my mom's property, climbing over trees and trying to see how bad the damage was.  I came back this afternoon.  Apparently they must have found the little boy, right outside my mom's back door.  There is a little white cross in the ground with blue ribbons on it.  The cross is maybe 15 feet from my mom's back door on the other side of a big pine tree.  I walked up that pine tree to getter a better view of the roof.  I must have walked right past the little guy and never even saw him.

The whole community is in shock.  It still hasn't fully sunk in yet for me, but seeing that little cross outside my mom's door today has devastated me.  That along with seeing the house where we lived when my daughter was born has really been traumatic.  We are all OK, and lucky to be alive.  But our hearts are broken.  I can tolerate the deaths of the adults, although it is very sad.  But the children is almost too much to bare.  That little boy was the first to die here, although they didn't find him for a while.

The tornado continued across the county.  I was totally unaware.  The power was off here.  The weather sirens where going off, but that has happened several times this spring.  This time it was for real though.  We stood out on the back deck with the kids and watched the storm coming in.  We looked directly to the south west, the direction the clouds where coming from.  I have never seen clouds move that fast.  All the while, the tornado was going right past my house about 5 miles to my right up on the mountain.  It looks like it may have gone back up in the air for a while when it finally came off the mountain.  We never actually saw it because we where looking to see what was coming directly at us.  But not far from my house the track is probably 1/2 mile to a mile wide, and there was a lot of death and destruction.

We finally got power here last night, and tonight when I got home the internet connection was back up.  I last my phone out at mom's place right after the storm when I was trying to help get her out.  I have not been able to get on here at all until tonight.  So I thought I would just post a quick note and let everyone know that we survived.


I probably won't be online much in the next few days.  I have been out on the mountain picking up debris and cutting trees most of the day.  I will probably be pretty busy trying to help my family members pick up the pieces and move on.

I hope everyone else came through this OK.

Thanks.  Right after you posted the link to the live tornado feed at Tuscaloosa my power went out, right when I clicked on it to go watch it.  It wasn't even raining at my house.  Less than an hour later the tornado passed about 5 miles from my house.

yeah I remember and I thought you were fine , wasn't sure where you were at though
sorry about all the damage ya'll got , hope the rebuilds go smooth for everyone
I saw you posting in this thread and got excited and posted first , sorry but we were worried about you .

glad you came through with no major medical or worse problems ... thanks to God for that
dang good to see you online again !  

that is so sad about the boy and all you've been through .. God Bless you all , Prayers .

Coach good to hear from you.  I'm not going to say all the usual things that well meaning ppl do.  I have been through 2 and no I'm no expert.  Just know we were all concerned and you and yours are in my thoughts and prayers.  This healing process is a everyday thing and just don't be to hard headed to ask when he need some to  listen to you and you will be ok. Every time I see a thunderhead I never forget now.   :pray:

So sorry for all of you who had damage or lost friends, neighbors, and family members.  SC, thanks for penning your story.  No wonder Smitty was so worried; I didn't know where you lived.

We're okay here, just lost a few trees.  Prayers to everyone who who is in special need this Sunday.

First of all - thanks to those who have checked in to let us know you are okay.  Second, Coach - so very happy to see your post. I have been worried about you and your family. I'm glad you all are okay.

I can't imagine the feelings you had when you saw that little cross. :(
Saying the usual words of consolation seems so inadequate. The one thing you can hold to is that the young boy is now dancing on the streets of gold.  I'm so sorry for the loss of lives and the pain that people are experiencing.

I know you've heard it a lot but if you need anything, please do not hesitate to let us know.  We are your extended family.
That goes for all of you here at CRS - if there is a need, please let us know.


 

Terrie puts it so much better Coach ... what she said + 1

Ditto.

SC, I can't add anything that has already been posted other than I am glad you and yours are ok. Thanks for taking time to fill us in and welcome back.

We are praying for the little guy and his family and of you are mentioned to God in our Prayers. RTR!

No damage to the crimsonwine house, but I'm hosting tornado survivors ... a colleague from work whose house in the Hillcrest historic district (on the Hackberry/Hargrove curve 1 mile south of campus) was destroyed. We've been down there every day since the storm ... unspeakable horror.

Have seen a major LSU fan presence here in this neighborhood ... came up here from NO immediately after the storms ... not sure if I can root against them anymore ... except against Bama, of course :-)

Make sure you have your hanky ready before viewing this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKFp3Ky9H3k

SC and crimsonwine, you don't how glad I am to here from y'all. Glad you guys are well.

Man this just gets better and better when I can get in here. RTR!

GREAT NEWS!!!

Remember the little boy I posted about who was missing?  Well as it turns out, he wasn't at home when the storm turned his house upside down and dumped it in the middle of the road.  No wonder the neighbors couldn't find him.  That was a huge burden lifted off of me when I got that news.  The little white cross I found outside my mom's back door was apparently where someone buried a pet recently.  They bought one of those little white crosses you see on the side of the road to mark fatal traffic accidents to use as a grave marker for the pet.  It was totally a coincidence that it had blue ribbons on it, and the little boy was last "seen" in that area.  I'm not sure who saw him there because he was actually in Huntsville at the time.  It was just all part of the chaos and mass confusion that followed after the storm.

Coach - that is FANTASTIC News! It is so awesome to hear GOOD NEWS about survivors in this horrible tragedy! Thank you for updating us.. We serve a Great God!

That really is awesome SC. How is the cleanup/rebuilding effort going?

The clean up is going pretty well.  We had so many people at my FIL's house that first Saturday that I had a hard time finding a place to park.  And he has a really long drive way.  There were probably 4 or 5 tractors there moving logs and debris.  After everyone left, I asked him if he knew all of those people.  He said he had never met most of them.

Good neighbors are like gold.